Selma is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel,[5][6] Hosea Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. of SCLC and John Lewis of SNCC. The film stars David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon Johnson, Common as Bevel, and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King.

Pathé financed the film, and Plan B Entertainment, Cloud Eight Films and Harpo Productions co-produced the project. Paramount Pictures distribute Selma in the United States and Canada.

Selma premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11, 2014. It got a limited release in the United States on Christmas Day 2014 and will open wide on January 9, 2015. Selma garnered four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director.



Director&Writer
Ava DuVernay

Producer
* Dede Gardner
* Jeremy Kleiner
* Christian Colson
* Oprah Winfrey

Cast
# David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr.
# Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson
# Tim Roth as George Wallace
# Common as James Bevel
# Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King
# Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton Robinson
# Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper
# Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Fred Gray
# Niecy Nash as Richie Jean Jackson
# Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy

Distributor
Paramount Pictures

Trailer


Official Site
Imdb